Originally Posted by CTD
Linear continues to assume "the standards of science" are defined by his atheist friends. Common sense tells one popularity is not an appropriate standard.
I did not say that atheists determine the standards of science.

It seems that you believe the standards for categorizing a set of ideas as a theory should be changed. Maybe we shouldn't have any criteria for calling something a theory. Just come up with an idea and the education system will teach it in science class. Auras? Sure, teach about them. Perpetual motion machines? Yeah, that's real too, 'cause someone, somewhere believes it. Evidence? We don't need no stinking evidence!! Teach it.

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Just think if it were! This idea's popular in America, but not in Asia. Does that make it true (or scientific) in one place and not another?
What are the "standards of science" in Asia? How are they different than the standards of science in the USA?

A faith that connot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets. -- Arthur C. Clarke